AMAZING GRACE
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AMAZING GRACE
by Chook Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:09 pm
AMAZING GRACE
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral
director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had
no family or friends,
so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Corryong
back country.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a
typical man, I didn't stop for directions.
I finally arrived over an hour late and saw that the funeral bloke
had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were
only the diggers
and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and
apologized to the men for being late. *
**I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid
was already in place and earth covered most of it. I didn't know
! ;what else to do, *
*so I started to play. The wo! rkers put down their lunches and began
to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with
no family and friends. *
*I played like I've never played before for this poor, homeless man.
And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They
wept, I wept, we all wept together.**
*
When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.
Though my head hung low, my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say,
"I ain't never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting
in septic tanks for twenty years."
Apparently I was still lost...
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral
director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had
no family or friends,
so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Corryong
back country.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a
typical man, I didn't stop for directions.
I finally arrived over an hour late and saw that the funeral bloke
had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were
only the diggers
and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and
apologized to the men for being late. *
**I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid
was already in place and earth covered most of it. I didn't know
! ;what else to do, *
*so I started to play. The wo! rkers put down their lunches and began
to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with
no family and friends. *
*I played like I've never played before for this poor, homeless man.
And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They
wept, I wept, we all wept together.**
*
When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.
Though my head hung low, my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say,
"I ain't never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting
in septic tanks for twenty years."
Apparently I was still lost...
Chook- Crayfish
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Re: AMAZING GRACE
by Baldy Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:56 pm
And here i thought it was about my old mum - Grace
Amazing she was ......
Baldy- Crayfish
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